VOA标准英语2008年-Sides in Somalia Conflict Remain Deeply Divided
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
Somalia's Ethiopia-backed transitional government and some opposition 1 figures have formally signed a peace deal reached two months ago at U.N.-led talks in Djibouti. But with the leadership on both sides deeply divided, the pact 2 is not expected to stem the ongoing 3 violence in Somalia. VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu has that story from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.
A U.N. press statement says Somalia's transitional government and a faction 4 of the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia formally signed the peace agreement late Monday in Djibouti.
In addition to the joint 5 call for the replacement 6 of Ethiopian troops in Somalia by a U.N. stabilization 7 force in the coming months, the United Nations says the warring parties promised to continue the political dialogue and they strongly condemned 8 acts of violence against innocent civilians 9.
A man is helped by others after he was injured when a mortar 10 shell fell in the Bakara market in Mogadishu, 10 Aug 2008
The signing should have prompted celebrations in Somalia, where more than 8,000 people have been killed and more than one million uprooted 11 in 19 months of fighting pitting Ethiopian and government soldiers against Islamist-led insurgents 12.
Instead, a member of Somalia's interim 13 parliament, Issa Waheliye Moalim, says there are fresh concerns that the government could disintegrate 14 amid an escalating 15 conflict between Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf and interim Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein.
"Almost all institutions are paralyzed," said Issa Waheliye Moalim. "It [the government] is very weak. Also security-wise, it is getting weak day-by-day. You see what is happening in Mogadishu. If the government was strong and we are working, that should not happen."
The rift 16 in the Somali leadership emerged last month after Prime Minister Hussein fired powerful factional leader Mohammed Dheere as mayor of Mogadishu, accusing the mayor of financial mismanagement and of failing to improve security in the Somali capital.
President Yusuf opposed Mr. Hussein's decision and the president's supporters in parliament have threatened to suspend the prime minister.
Both men were summoned to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where they met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Saturday to discuss the political crisis. Somali and Ethiopian officials have declined to comment on the meeting.
In June, disagreements over the Djibouti peace talks split the leadership of the Eritrea-based opposition alliance between moderate Islamist leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and hard-line cleric Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys.
Ahmed's faction endorsed 17 the June 9 agreement in Djibouti. But Aweys and his supporters, including a militant 18 Islamist group called the Shabab, rejected it, saying the deal failed to call for an immediate 19 withdrawal 20 of Ethiopian troops from Somalia.
A 90-day cease-fire, stipulated 21 in the June 9 agreement, was never implemented 22, further deepening a humanitarian 23 crisis that aid workers say is among the worst in the world.
Ethiopia intervened in Somalia in late 2006 to oust 24 an Islamist movement led by Ahmed and Aweys and to install Somalia's secular 25 government in power in Mogadishu.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
- I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
- With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The older strata gradually disintegrate.较老的岩层渐渐风化。
- The plane would probably disintegrate at that high speed.飞机以那么高速飞行也许会四分五裂。
- The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
- He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
- The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
- Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句
- This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。